It doesn't cost anything (no budget is needed for enforcement)
It makes politicians appear to be "doing something" about crime
It's politically expedient to blame the mag/gun rather than the scumbag who did the crime(who by the way is from a "community" and has family and friends who vote)
The type of voters who'd get upset with you for enacting the law aren't your voter base anyway
People who violate malum in se law aren't going to care about malum prohibitum law and the type of folks who'll obey malum prohibitum law are highly unlikely to break those classed as malum in se.
It makes politicians appear to be "doing something" about crime
It's politically expedient to blame the mag/gun rather than the scumbag who did the crime(who by the way is from a "community" and has family and friends who vote)
The type of voters who'd get upset with you for enacting the law aren't your voter base anyway
People who violate malum in se law aren't going to care about malum prohibitum law and the type of folks who'll obey malum prohibitum law are highly unlikely to break those classed as malum in se.
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